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GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Multiresolution BSP Trees Applied to Terrain, Transparency, and General Objects
We present a system for incorporating multiple level of detail (LOD) models of 3D objects within a single hierarchical data structure. This system was designed for a scientific vi...
Charles Wiley, A. T. Campbell III, Stephen A. Szyg...
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Probability Trees
Michael D. McCool, Peter K. Harwood
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Multiresolution Rendering of Complex Botanical Scenes
This paper presents a system for rendering very large collections of randomly parameterized plants while generating manageable scene geometries for rendering. A given botanical de...
Dana Marshall, Donald S. Fussell, A. T. Campbell I...
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
The Immediate Usability of Graffiti
We present four empirical measures of the immediate usability of Graffiti, a character recognizer for pen-based computers. Since speed is fully controlled by the user, we measured...
I. Scott MacKenzie, Shawn X. Zhang
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
A Heuristic Method for Generating 2D CSG Trees from Bitmaps
This paper presents a method for generating compact and effective constructive-solid-geometry (CSG) object representations from 2D bitmap representations. The method consists of t...
Sarah F. Frisken Gibson, Joe Marks, Danielle Feinb...
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
An Interactive Fur Modeling Technique
A technique for modeling fur, but not long human hair, quickly, using the facilitiesof common graphics workstations is described. The user selects a variety of parameters to achie...
Allen Van Gelder, Jane Wilhelms
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Interactive Volumetric Information Visualization
This paper describes a minimallyimmersive threedimensional volumetric interactive information visualizationsystem formanagementand analysis ofdocument corpora. The system, SFA, us...
David S. Ebert, Christopher D. Shaw, Amen Zwa, Eth...
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
A Modelling Method and User Interface for Creating Plants
We present a modelling method and graphical user interface for the creation of natural branching structures such as plants. Structural and geometric information is encapsulated in...
Oliver Deussen, Bernd Lintermann
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
Linear Fractal Shape Interpolation
Interpolation of two-dimensional shapes described by iterated function systems is explored. Iterated function systems define shapes using self-transformations, and interpolation ...
Brandon Burch, John Hart
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
1997
13 years 5 months ago
An Image-Based Model for Realistic Lens Systems in Interactive Computer Graphics
Wolfgang Heidrich, Philipp Slusallek, Hans-Peter S...